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- Title
EVALUACIÓN ECONÓMICA DE LA APLICACIÓN DE POLÍTICAS DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DEL AGUA SUPERFICIAL EN LA AGRICULTURA DE GUANAJUATO.
- Authors
Pérez, Héctor Manuel Bravo; Ramírez, Juan Carlos Castro; Andrade, Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez
- Abstract
The question answered in this work is: How is the welfare of the Lerma Chapala population affected if the supply of water is reduced for the agricultural sector as it increases Chapala's lake level? The hypothesis says that: The total volume of water that is removed from the farmers (in Guanajuato State) goes towards Chapala's lake. However the increase in the level of this lake isn't sufficient reason for the welfare the population of the basin, since this will depend on the comparison or the balance that is established between the following two opposing reasons: i) the positive effect caused by the increase in the environments valuation, when treated from an economic point of view, by the lake; ii) the negative impact on the welfare of the consumers of the state of Guanajuato, that takes place when it increases the price of the agricultural good, as a result of the reduction of the supply of water to the farmers and the increase derived from the value of the water.
- Subjects
GUANAJUATO (Mexico); LAKE Chapala (Mexico); WELFARE economics; WATER supply; POPULATION; FARMERS
- Publication
Trimestre Económico, 2007, Vol 74, Issue 295, p685
- ISSN
0041-3011
- Publication type
Article